About: Barbara is a long-time Apple fan who enjoys trying out gadgets just because they're new and learning about all the neat things technology can do even if she doesn't need to do it. You can often find her at a coffeehouse with her boyfriend — just look for the couple with "his and hers" Macbooks.
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The emergence of the App Store has undeniably created a renaissance of exciting and inventive new games. This much is not news to anyone. What gamers may not realize is that the iPhone has become the stage for older PC games to get a second life, and even the chance to come back into fashion. [...]
Do you need Battery Boost Magic? Stop reading this review if: you don’t care how much time you have left to talk on your iPhone, play videos or audios, or surf the Web; you really don’t mind if your iPhone or iPad battery doesn’t get fully charged; a smudgy screen doesn’t bother you much; and [...]
When you start looking for a case it can seem that there are more choices than there are iPad owners. There is an ocean of options: hard, soft, ultra-protection, ultra-stylish, colorful, classy, low-cost, high-dollar. Well, you get the idea. It helps to narrow the search by defining your criteria. For instance, right now I’m looking [...]
I know, I know, all you want to know is whether you need an umbrella. That’s what you say now. But once you take a spin through the various approaches to weather apps available for the iPad, well, you’ll still just want to know whether you need an umbrella. But you’ll have an enhanced appreciation [...]
Someone either much wiser or just much snottier than me once said, “Painting is easy. Art is hard.” These apps can get you painting on your iPad. Is it art? It depends who you ask – just don’t ask that guy. Brushes – iPad edition ($7.99. Steve Sprang) I know, I know, “stop right there.” For [...]
Most iPad owners own iPhones. So, it stands to reason that they also have photos that need work—and 10.7 inches of screen on which to do it. But why get elbows deep in photo editing to develop a cool effect? Here are 7 iPhone and iPad apps that can quickly add cool effects to your [...]
Photo Editing Apps range from fully featured to simplistic, from innovative to prosaic. Fortunately, so do the needs of their users. If you crave every feature imaginable? Check. Want a fun new intuitive touchy-feely experience? That’s available too. Technically deep pro photo touchup, hold the kid stuff? No problem. Photo Editing apps on the iPad [...]
There Oughtta be a Law. The iPad is the newest darling of our erstwhile representatives in Washington, according to Politico.com. An iPad battery gets you 10 hours of continual use, according to Apple. So, we think the time has come for the filibuster-proof iPad. Only Disconnect Like other wireless devices, your iPad churns through battery time [...]
Your iPad is always on, and it’s always a touch away from the Internet. That is, of course, unless you are experiencing WiFi connectivity issues, the iPad’s evil twin. The moment the tablets were in users’ hands, the issues began. They haven’t stopped yet, but we’ve got your fixes. Princeton Review – or, You Down [...]
While testing out a drawing app on the iPad recently, I was sadly reminded that oversized fingers are not the best tools for creating fine art details. There are so many fantastic drawing apps for the iPad that I don’t want to be held back by my clumsy pointers. Then I remembered the Pogo Stylus [...]
Presselite’s Phone Tracker is a joke — but don’t take my word for it. Look it up in the App Store, and read Presselite’s explanation. Phone Tracker’s main purpose — check that, its only purpose — is to display your iPhone’s GPS location and pass it off as somebody else’s. So let’s say you are [...]
So you say you always wanted to star in a Ginsu Knife commercial? Or your dream job at Benihana’s was short-circuited by your aversion to meat? Never fear! Now there’s Fruit Ninja, your iPhone virtual fruit-slashing wonder app! This silly but fun little game tosses fruit into the air for you to slice in half [...]
Space Miner: Space Ore Bust is a dual-stick, Asteroids-style shooter with a brain and a funny bone. It shows off what a little creative storytelling can do for a game that is a fairly well-worn—and decades-old—idea. Yes, you’re still in a spaceship in the middle of an asteroid field. You’re still trying to blast and [...]
Flick your finger to send a duckpin-sized bowling ball up the ramp and into the holes. Tilt the phone to add spin after the flick. That’s it, but be prepared to do it a few thousand times a day. You can’t put Freeverse Skee-Ball down. Skee-Ball is all about playability. There are great arcade sound-effects [...]
Designed to fill the gap between smartphones and laptops, the iPad is marketed as a mini computer that’s fun to use when it comes time to get some work done. And, if you’re using their iWork suite of iPad apps, including Keynote, Pages, and Numbers this may be true. But there a few things that [...]
